2019 Leeds City Council election

2019 Leeds City Council election
33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council; 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31.0% (3.5%)
	Labour in red (19), Conservatives in blue (7), Liberal Democrats in yellow (3), Morley Borough Independents in dark green (2), Garforth & Swillington Independents in bright green (1) and Greens in light green (1).
Council control before election; Majority administration; Labour	Council control after election ; Majority administration; Labour

The 2019 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England and Northern Ireland.

Quick Facts 33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were up for election. This followed the re-election of all of the 99 council seats in the 2018 all-out council election. It had resulted from an electoral ward boundary review and saw the election of three councillors for each of the 33 electoral wards and their new ward boundaries. The third-placed candidate elected in every ward was granted a single year term and their seats are up for election this year.

Elected councillors were granted the usual four-year term until 2023 in order to return to the typical election cycle of elections in three of every four years.^[2]^[3]

The Labour Party maintained their majority control of the council despite losing four seats, also retaining their one Calverley and Farsley councillor by 27 votes.

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Leeds City Council Election Result 2019^[4]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	33	19	0	4	4	57.6	38.4	66,058	-8.0
	Conservative	33	7	1	0	1	21.2	28.2	39,319	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	32	3	2	0	2	9.1	11.7	20,090	+2.1
	Green	32	1	1	0	1	3.0	11.6	19,885	+5.5
	UKIP	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.8	8,293	+4.4
	Morley Borough Independent	2	2	0	0	0	6.1	3.3	5,641	+0.4
	Garforth and Swillington Independents	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	2.3	4,007	-0.3
	For Britain	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	1,670	+0.8
	East Leeds Independents	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	1,390	+0.2
	SDP	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	1,221	+0.5
	Independent	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	1,097	-0.1
	Yorkshire	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	1,097	+0.2
	Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	1,079	-0.1
	Women's Equality	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	611	+0.4
	Socialist Alternative	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	610	New
	Alliance for Green Socialism	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	325	+0.1
	English Democrat	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	109	New
Total		175	33	4	4	0	100.0	100.0	172,076	366,927

Councillor	Ward	First elected		Reason
Gerry Harper^[6]	Little London & Woodhouse	1995	Labour	stood down	Abigail Marshall Katung (Labour)
Alison Lowe^[7]	Armley	1990	Labour	stood down	Lou Cunningham (Labour)
Michael Lyons ^[8]	Temple Newsam	1980	Labour	stood down	Nicole Sharpe (Labour)
Keith Wakefield^[9]	Kippax & Methley	1988	Labour	stood down	Mirelle Midgley (Labour)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Billy Flynn*	2,952	46.6	−7.2
	Labour	Nigel Gill	1,235	19.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	1,159	18.3	+4.8
	Green	Lesley Jeffries	491	7.8	−0.4
	UKIP	Andrew Greenwood	491	7.8	N/A
Majority			1,717	27.1	−14.3
Turnout			6,352	40.1	−5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harrand*	3,417	54.8	+1.5
	Labour	Andrea McKenna	1,663	26.7	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	577	9.2	+0.5
	Green	Gideon Jones	335	5.4	−3.3
	Women's Equality	Louise Jennings	186	3.0	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Brian Jackson	60	1.0	−1.7
Majority			1,754	28.1	+6.5
Turnout			6,290	36	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lisa Mulherin*	1,738	35.7	−1.5
	Conservative	Mike Foster	1,238	25.4	−9.7
	Independent	Tom Leadley^[a]	798	16.4	N/A
	UKIP	Lindon Dove	596	12.2	N/A
	Green	Rich Daley	249	5.1	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ward	225	4.6	−1.5
	SDP	Daniel Whetstone	28	0.6	N/A
Majority			500	10.3	+3.3
Turnout			4,902	28.1	−2.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+1.7

Armley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lou Cunningham	2,477	60.7	+6.0
	Green	Keith Whittaker	544	13.3	−3.1
	Conservative	Cormac Trigg	415	10.2	−4.5
	For Britain	Jim Miller	366	8.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Walker	226	5.5	−3.2
	Socialist Alternative	Nina Brown	53	1.3	N/A
Majority			1,933	47.4	+8.2
Turnout			4,111	24.7	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Beeston & Holbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Scopes*	2,033	47.5	+1.1
	Save Our Beeston and Holbeck Independents	Laura Walton	1,079	25.2	−0.9
	UKIP	Bill Palfreman	349	8.2	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Winfield	326	7.6	−2.6
	Green	Alaric Hall	302	7.1	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jarrod Gaines	187	4.4	+0.3
Majority			954	22.3	−4.7
Turnout			4,293	25.2	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.4

Bramley & Stanningley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Heselwood*	1,942	48.6	−8.6
	UKIP	David Woodhead	581	14.5	N/A
	Conservative	Alex Nancolas	417	10.4	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Bee	387	9.7	−2.2
	Green	Clive Lord	351	8.8	−4.1
	For Britain	Anne Murgatroyd	218	5.4	−5.7
	English Democrat	Dean Locke	109	2.7	N/A
Majority			1,361	34.1	−6.1
Turnout			4,033	23.9	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.4

Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Ragan*	2,052	56.5	−4.0
	East Leeds Independents	Geoff Holloran	718	19.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Hollingsworth	392	10.8	−4.4
	Green	John Barlow	261	7.2	−3.4
	Conservative	Louisa Singh	211	5.8	−3.2
Majority			1,334	36.7	−6.3
Turnout			3,672	22.8	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Election summary

Councillors who did not stand for re-election

Ward results

By-elections between 2019 and 2020

Notes

References